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    The surname Hire

    A surname, carried by 799 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex H600

    Hire: #29,528 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Hire #29,528, 799 people Hire: #29,528 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Hire #29,528, 799 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hire is more common than 81.8% of them.

    Origin

    * As a Dutch and German surname, Americanized from Heier, Heyer. * As an English surname, variant of Heare. * As an Irish surname, variant of Hare.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 799 people named Hire in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 386,415 Americans. That is down 2.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 818.

    #29,528
    rank among US surnames
    799
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    -2.3%
    change since 2000 (was #27,694)

    Who is named Hire

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    95% of people named Hire identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.0%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Hires

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • La Hire
      15th-century French military commander, 1390–1443

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Hire

    Hire has the Soundex code H600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H600.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Hire come from?
    * As a Dutch and German surname, Americanized from Heier, Heyer. * As an English surname, variant of Heare. * As an Irish surname, variant of Hare.
    How common is the surname Hire?
    799 people in the United States had the surname Hire in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 386,415 Americans. It ranked 29,528th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Hire?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Hire identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Hire?
    La Hire, 15th-century French military commander.
    Where is the surname Hire most common?
    Wikidata records people named Hire in the Kingdom of France.
    Is the surname Hire getting more or less common?
    Less common. 818 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 799 in 2010, down 2.3%.